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1.; P. SMITH.

. Corn Sheller.

M v u N JEREMIAH r. SMITH, or HUMMELSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ooRN-sHnLLER.

S pecificatien of Letters Patent No. 12,454,. dated February 27, 1855.

i To all whomitmay concern: I f i Be it known that I, J RE IAH P. SMITH, of Hummelstowny in the county ofDauphin 1 and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a M new and useful Improvement on a Corn- .Sheller; andI do I hereby declare that the same, reference beingf had1 to the annexed fdrawin making apart of this speclfication, .iinwhicejw Figure 2 isla :topview; Fig 3, elevation;

:[F g y id v ewe' a wThe nature of my: invention consists in fiprovidingfthe breast beam, having fluted s'paces, slides; guidejframe inseparate 1 and grooved; pulley.

pieces, ribbed shelling bar, vibrating feeder Mr enableothers skilledyinthe art to fluke andusemy invention, 1 will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Y I I do not limit imyself to any l particular size ofmy shenea either ofwoody or ironrthe shaft 6 runs throughcylinder a andrests on the bearings 1 The driving wheel g is"fastenedontheshaft d, mesheswinjpinion? Zn whole being pro- I ,p lledby thelcranks' .neXt the breast beam j lying. in juxtaposition with the cylinder and has lspiral ribs Z, Z, which are con- ;cave on the; top 1 as seen in Fig. 4, letter m, and are fluted 1n theconcave for the purpose of shelling thecorn .when made to revolve by the cylinder. The cross spiral ribs are also for thej jsamepiirpose. The slides 1; the bar in itsproperplace. The guide beam p and the breast; beamj, the slides b, o, the

following is a fullg clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the concave ribs;v cross ribs; with openings or 1st, is the cylindera, *which is concave armed with spiral of teeth to discharge the cobsfiv the cylinder may be constructed c 0. The shaft drests on the bearings f f.

. o, 0,are intendedforfthe shelling bar If to 1 slide on, backwardland forward, and to keep spiralribs l, liandthepross spiral ribs n, n, I

1 are all cast in one piece. The spacer or opening between the spiral ribs' lettered g q will leave the shelled corn drop through without breaking or cutting the grains. The guide frames 7*, r, are in separate pieces screwed on the guide beam pby the screws 8,8.

"Theadvanta'ge of having the guide frames in separate pieces is to move them backward and forward to suit the nature of the corn green or dry. The shelling bar is to press the ears of corn to thecyhnder aby means of the coiled spring wwhich rests on the guide w. The ribs y, y, in the shelling bar are to let the corn through while shelling.

The feeder plate 2), derives its motion from the pulley by having a zig zag groove 6 and fastened on shaft 5. Said groove 6, works the lever m and "connects with the feeding :plate 4;, having teeth on both sides to work in the corn by its continual vibration.

This machine is equally adapted to hand 0r,horse power. The vibrating feeder is to be so constructed that it may be detached at pleasure by nthose using or building the machine.

I am aware that an adjustable fiat toothed bar has been used opposite toa toothed cylinder in corn shellers; I am also aware that the ribbed shelling bar has been in use. Therefore I do not claim any of the abovementioned parts; but

, What I do claim is- 1. The breast beam y having fluted concave ribs Z Z cross ribs n n with openings or spaces {g9 and slideso, 0.

2.. I laim the guide frames 1', r, in separatepieces for the purpose above described. 3. I claim the vibrating feeder having teeth thereon in combination with the pulley by having a zig zag groove 6 substantially as p JEREMIAH P. SMITH.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL BAUM,

JESSE B. HUMMEL.

described. 

